"PATHF will seek all legal paths available to stop this outrage from Moustafa and to defend the integrity of worldwide handball from those forces from the past that make lack of transparency and manipulation their only sport."

^ Not a fan of Moustafa and agree with you that his change would be beneficial to handball.However, regardless of who the IHF boss is, breaking things into 2 confederations should be on the table.Here's an in-depth analysis by someone with first hand knowledge about American (continent) handball:http://teamhandballnews.com/wordpress/2 ... -and-cons/

The only one reason for Mustafa's plan (which I agree) is that big states with great financial resources like USA and Canada will develop handball inside their countries if they can see they can reach more easily on WHC .

Of course it's very important for handball competitions, as it will bring changes with relation to international events' system regarding their organisation and consequences (qualification criteria for WCh). Hopefully they will be announced (in time)

The president estimates that the EU will invest altogether 10-15 billion forints

Why EU money?

Public sports halls in Germany often haven't done any work done on them for 40 years (and they look like terrible because of that). "There is no money for it" is the answer you get when you ask why that is the case. The EU would not even pay a single Penny for renovation - and that's okay, because why should they.

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If I remember well in Poland they used EU money for some arenas, but here in Romania I didn't hear about that. Imo Budapest, Bucharest, Warsaw, Paris, Berlin tc every top 10 capital of Europe as population deserves 2 big halls.

The president estimates that the EU will invest altogether 10-15 billion forints

Why EU money?

Public sports halls in Germany often haven't done any work done on them for 40 years (and they look like terrible because of that). "There is no money for it" is the answer you get when you ask why that is the case. The EU would not even pay a single Penny for renovation - and that's okay, because why should they.

Sorry, where did you read that sentence? In the Hungarian article there is nothing like that.

"PATHF will seek all legal paths available to stop this outrage from Moustafa and to defend the integrity of worldwide handball from those forces from the past that make lack of transparency and manipulation their only sport."

You know how I feel about Moustapha and his clique at the helm of IHF.But truth be told, PanAm has had huge institutional problems itself as well and they have been behaving like little Moustaphas in the past, who aimed at destroying Greenland for example.

I think that this split could've helped handball in the Americas on the long term, with the South focusing more on developing the game in places with potential like Uruguay, Paraguay, Chile or Colombia and the North rebooting the game in Canada and the US, growing it in Mexico and actually helping it to become competitive in Greenland (the level of this team at the last PanAm has been impressive).

A split would've exposed teams in the North to qualification to the WCh, which can help them attract sponsors and grow the game locally. It would have also solved the geographical difficulty of travelling from Nuuk to Buenos Aires for tournaments.

I think the split should go forward, if not now, sometime in the future.